Cadillac Eldorado Convertible 1953 detailed 3D modelEldorado - in proper Spanish, El Dorado-means “The Gilded One.” In the lore of the ancients it was a legendary golden kingdom, a place of fabulous riches located - or so it was believed—high in the snow-capped mountains of what is now Colombia. Over the years, “Eldorado” thus came to represent the best of everything: opulence, wealth, the good life. So it was also a completely logical choice as the name for a stunning new convertible that arrived as Cadillac’s style leader and its ultimate prestige car for 1953.